People always ask me about Marvin Gaye, ... I was just looking for a gig, and Marvin was looking for a guitar player. George Baker
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Along the way, Baker had recorded with Bobby Robinson, who had also worked with Elmore James and was the first to put Gladys Knight and the Pips to vinyl. In 1968, when Marvin Gaye was looking for a new guitarist, he gave Robinson a call. Robinson recommended Baker,] because I could do the blues ... and because I could read music. - George Baker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0Fsb25nIHRoZSB3YXksIEJha2VyIGhhZCByZWNvcmRlZCB3aXRoIEJvYmJ5IFJvYmluc29uLCB3aG8gaGFkIGFsc28gd29ya2VkIHdpdGggRWxtb3JlIEphbWVzIGFuZCB3YXMgdGhlIGZpcnN0IHRvIHB1dCBHbGFkeXMgS25pZ2h0IGFuZCB0aGUgUGlwcyB0byB2aW55bC4gSW4gMTk2OCwgd2hlbiBNYXJ2aW4gR2F5ZSB3YXMgbG9va2luZyBmb3IgYSBuZXcgZ3VpdGFyaXN0LCBoZSBnYXZlIFJvYmluc29uIGEgY2FsbC4gUm9iaW5zb24gcmVjb21tZW5kZWQgQmFrZXIsXSBiZWNhdXNlIEkgY291bGQgZG8gdGhlIGJsdWVzIC4uLiBhbmQgYmVjYXVzZSBJIGNvdWxkIHJlYWQgbXVzaWMuIA==&author=ICBHZW9yZ2UgQmFrZXIgICAg&num=3 "[Along the way, Baker had recorded with Bobby Robinson, who had also worked with Elmore James and was the first to put Gladys Knight and the Pips to vinyl. In 1968, when Marvin Gaye was looking for a new guitarist, he gave Robinson a call. Robinson recommended Baker,] because I could do the blues ... and because I could read music. - George Baker Quotes")
![[Years later, when Baker learned that Gaye had been killed by his father, he thought back to the last time he saw Gaye.] He was in bad shape, just...detached, ... going to a drive-in, or sit around playing poker, or chase girls, or let them chase us. - George Baker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1llYXJzIGxhdGVyLCB3aGVuIEJha2VyIGxlYXJuZWQgdGhhdCBHYXllIGhhZCBiZWVuIGtpbGxlZCBieSBoaXMgZmF0aGVyLCBoZSB0aG91Z2h0IGJhY2sgdG8gdGhlIGxhc3QgdGltZSBoZSBzYXcgR2F5ZS5dIEhlIHdhcyBpbiBiYWQgc2hhcGUsIGp1c3QuLi5kZXRhY2hlZCwgLi4uIGdvaW5nIHRvIGEgZHJpdmUtaW4sIG9yIHNpdCBhcm91bmQgcGxheWluZyBwb2tlciwgb3IgY2hhc2UgZ2lybHMsIG9yIGxldCB0aGVtIGNoYXNlIHVzLiA=&author=ICBHZW9yZ2UgQmFrZXIgICAg&num=10 "[Years later, when Baker learned that Gaye had been killed by his father, he thought back to the last time he saw Gaye.] He was in bad shape, just...detached, ... going to a drive-in, or sit around playing poker, or chase girls, or let them chase us. - George Baker Quotes")
